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These women do not weave the fabric, they only do the dying and motifs. It’s later sewn into clothes, table cloths, sheets, curtains, etc. by another team.
Cotton is Burkina’s number one export, the majority going to Asia. I was told there used to be more manufacturing in the country but many factories have closed. The fabric that you see most often being weaved there is for the pagnes bought at the market to make clothing (there was a recent Daily Photo of the fabric market in Ouagadougou).
Do these women make the fabric as well? Just curious. We are kinduv weaver dead in America, I think. Now there’s a topic of research. Thanks. I smell sewing machine.